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Home (England) > Publications > Corporate > Research and insights > Powering the nation - household electricity-using habits revealed

Powering the nation - household electricity-using habits revealed

Category Strategic & research

Published 26/06/2012

Reference CO332

File type .pdf

File size 2.35 MB

A report by the Energy Saving Trust, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

The in-depth Household Electricity Use Study aimed to cover the electricity usage of a representative sample of English owner-occupier homes. The results, summarised in the report Powering the nation, provide us with the richest insights ever produced in the UK into how we use the electrical products that power our lives.